Necktie-supporter.



B. F. ALLEN.. NECKT IE SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27, 19M? 1 ,223,229. Patented Apr. 17, 1917.

' BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS;

NECKTIE-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1'7, 1917.

Application filed March 27, 1914. Serial No. 827,705.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. ALLEN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Supporters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to necktie support ers, and one of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a necktie supporter of simple construction which will spring over the head of the front collar button so that the device cannot be readily detached by accident, and said supporter being provided with an upwardly inclined point or prong for engaging the tie, and said point or prong having an enlargement below the terminal point which will prevent the accidental disconnection of the tie from the hook.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a necktie supporter of simple construction which will hold the tie or scarf from either vertical or lateral movement relatively to the front collar button.

These andv other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a turndown collar and having a necktie supporter made in accordance with this invention connected to the front collar button,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the necktie supporterconnected to the shank of a collar button of ordinary construction,

Fig. 3 is a similar side elevation showing the scarf or tie connected to the supporter,

Fig. 4is a front elevation of the supporter showing the initial position of the supporter relatively 'to the head of the collar button before the supporter is pulled down on the shank of the button to engage the same by the spring action of the side members of the key hole slot.

Referring 'to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a turndown collar, and 2 is the head and 3 the post or shank of an ordinary front collar button.

The necktie supporter is formed preferably of slightly resilient wire of the desired gage, and comprises a key hole slot formed by bending the wire to provide the enlarged portion 4 and the contracted portion 5. The enlarged portion 4 of the key hole slot is slightly larger than the head 2 of the button, so that the button head must be sprung through the enlarged portion 4, and the two members 66 at the sides of the contracted portion 5 of the slot engage the shank 3 of the collar button with sufficient friction 'to prevent the supporter from moving upward or becoming detached.

One terminal of the wire forming the 'supporter is bent around the supporter at the base of the enlarged portion 4 of the key hole slot, as shown at 7, and the other terminal of the wire is first bent inward as shown at 8, and then inclined upwardly and terminating in a prong 9. Immediately below the prong and in a position nearly opposite the projecting portion 7 is an en largement or hump 10, said two elements serving to provide a contracted portion so that when the tie is connected to the hook a portion of the tie will 'be crowded down in the loop 11 of the hook and prevented from accidental detachment by the contracted portions 7 and 10.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a necktie supporter made in accordance with this invention, when sprung over the head of a collar button and pulled down so that the side members 6 firmly engage the shank of the button, that the necktie when engaged with the hook and a portion of the tie confined in the loop 11 underneath the projecting portions 7 and 10, will not permit either the necktie supporter to move upon the collar button or the tie or scarf to move upon the supporter.

The invention is simple in construction,

can be manufactured at low cost, is reliable and efficient for its purpose, can be quickly connected to the shank of a collar button, and cannot be readily detached by accident.

tinuous length of wire, bent upon itself to form keyhole slots adapted to receive a collar button, one end'of the wire being of greater length and bent rearwardly and Slight changes may be made in the variupwardly in spaced relation thereto for stricted portion to retain the necktie upon forming a prong to engage a necktie, said the prong. 1() prong having a hump adjacent its free end, In testimony whereof I affix my signature and the other end of the wire being bent in presence of two witnesses.

forwardly and around the rearwardly eX- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN. tending portion of the other end of the Witnesses:

wire to form a hump for cooperation with CHARLES STERN,

the first mentioned hump, providing a re- HENRY M. STERN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

